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A Postal Puzzle 0

Is Alabame Senator Tommy Tuberville actually a Florida man? Inquiring minds want to know.

Read the article by Kyle Whitmire that Farron references.

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The Man, the Mission 0

Picture of man sitting at desk.  Caption:  NAME:  Bill Pulte.  TITLE:  Acting Director of National Intelligence.  JOB DESCRIPTION:  Coordinate Intel from 18 agencies to go after Tist (Letitia) James.

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Republican Thought Police 0

It appears that the Trump maladministration is trying a new tactic so as to supporess academic freedom and control curricula. A snippet:

Now, after a campaign that put dozens of universities under investigation, President Donald Trump’s administration is taking a wider approach, moving to rewrite the federal rules that govern all of higher education. Demands that were being pressed on individual schools are being written into the fine print for thousands of U.S. universities.

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The shift comes after federal judges blocked Trump’s administration from making crippling cuts at Harvard and the University of California, Los Angeles. It also follows a mass exodus in civil rights lawyers who traditionally guide investigations against universities. Still, Trump hasn’t backed down from his campaign to end what he calls “wokeness” run amok in academia.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Politeness in the park.

Thus passeth another day in NRA Paradise.

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QOTD 0

Bella Abzug:

. . . Congress has got to begin to reflect in its composition the great diversity of this country.

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A Tune for the Times 0

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Republican Family Values 0

No surprises here.

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Still Rising Again after All These Years 0

At Above the Law, Joe Patrice explains why the Supreme Supremacist Court is relying on its “Shadow Docket” to roll back civil rights, resuscitate Jim Crow, and take the nation back to the 1950s {if not the 1850s, which, methinks, is where they truly want to be):

It relieves the burden of having to slap lipstick on this pig.

Follow the link for context.

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Spin City 0

Emma and the crew parse the propaganda.

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The Art of the Con 0

Robert Reich dissects the duplicity behind Donald Trump’s “Freedom 250″ celebration cash grab. A snippet:

. . . “America250” was supposed to celebrate our fight for democracy against arbitrary tyranny. Trump’s “Freedom 250” is doing exactly the opposite.

Follow the link to see why he says that.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

There’s definitely something fishy about this politeness.

Musical NotesGuns and stupid, guns and stupid.
They go together like love and Cupid.
Let me tell you brother,
You can’t have one without the other.

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Smoke Gets in Your Eyes 0

Via The Japan Times, Mike Gongloff looks at how the Trump maladministration is turning the EPA into the PEA: the Poison the Environment Agency.

Aside:

The first time I visited Los Angeles (mumble) years ago, the sky was orange.

It appears that Donald Trump wants to bring those days back.

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QOTD 0

John Kenneth Galbraith:

Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable.

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All the News that Fits 0

Mr. Newberger envisions Bari Weiss’s new MAGA 60 Minutes. (Warning: Some bits NSFW.)

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Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0

In touch with the spirit world? At the Psychology Today website, Lisa Marchiano notes that “(n)ew research finds that people are turning to AI for tarot and astrology readings” and warns that

When we use AI to search for meaning, we lose touch with our sense of belonging to the natural world.

More about AI swamis at the link.

Afterthought:

Honest to Betsy, you can’t make this stuff up.

And that bridge in Brooklyn is still on the market.

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How Stuff Works: Trickle-On Economics 0

Title:  You get what you pay for.  Image:  Woman and man talking on the street with a homeless man in the background.  Woman:  The federal minimum wage is still $7.25 an hour.  Man:  Now, we can't hurt business.  Woman:  If you won't pay workers more, then we need to provide a strong safety net.  Man:  The government isn't giving my money to those people.  Woamn:  If we don't provide a safety net, people are going to end up on the streets.  Man:  Hrump!  Layabouts.  Woman:  So what's your solution for homelessness?  Man:  More cops to remove them.  Now there's something I'm willing to pay for.

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Exodus, Rule of Law Dept. 0

Josh G. discusses why over 10,000 attorneys have left the U. S. government during Donald Trump’s second term and the implications thereof.

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Republican Thought Police 0

At Above the Law, Kathryn Rubino reports that the Trump maladministrations legal attempt to define “8647” as somehow prohibited speech, well, just got 86ed in court.

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All the News that Fits 0

Donald Trump’s war of choice with Iran must be going so very well.

I mean, why else would Pete Hegseth try to gag the Pentagon press corps?

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Yet another “responsible gun owner” attempts to settle a difference with his politeness.

We are a broken society.

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